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]]>Dr Aidan McMichael grew up in Ballycastle. His PhD is in Applied Plant Science and he also has a diploma in History from Ulster University. He is an accredited and experienced silversmith, local history tour guide and has just started working as a wedding celebrant. His grandmother, grandfather, father and aunt were all community pharmacists. He has curated a collection of documents and artefacts from his family history, a selection of which were displayed in Society House during the height of our celebrations last November. He has also written extensively about the careers and personal histories of his pharmacist ancestors, especially about his grandmother Rose and grandfather James, who met while studying pharmacy in Dublin at the start of the 20th century before moving to James's hometown of Ballycastle in the early 1910s to establish the pharmacy practice that would eventually be taken over by Aidan's father, also James, and Aunt Eileen in the 1940s. Aidan also volunteers with Ballycastle Museum.
Professor Roisin O'Hare is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society NI and an accomplished hospital pharmacist and pharmacy educator. She has a doctorate in, and is an honorary professor of pharmacy practice and the NI Lead Clinical Educational Pharmacist. In the past she has written for the British Society for the History of Pharmacy and she prepared an excellent presentation on the history of pharmacy in Britain and Ireland for our official celebration on 18th November 2025. Like Aidan, Roisin grew up as the child of a community pharmacist, her father Tony, who ran a pharmacy in the village of Forkhill near Newry. Her pharmacy accomplishments are too numerous to list, including setting up and leading a team that designed, developed and delivered experiential learning in hospital pharmacy for M-Pharm undergraduates, as well as becoming president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists and steering them through the COVID pandemic.
Aidan and Roisin got together at our offices in October 2025 to share their personal pharmacy stories with each other, as well as to combine their meticulous research into the history of modern pharmacy.
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]]>Dr Aidan McMichael grew up in Ballycastle. His PhD is in Applied Plant Science and he also has a diploma in History from Ulster University. He is an accredited and experienced silversmith, local history tour guide and has just started working as a wedding celebrant. His grandmother, grandfather, father and aunt were all community pharmacists. He has curated a collection of documents and artefacts from his family history, a selection of which were displayed in Society House during the height of our celebrations last November. He has also written extensively about the careers and personal histories of his pharmacist ancestors, especially about his grandmother Rose and grandfather James, who met while studying pharmacy in Dublin at the start of the 20th century before moving to James's hometown of Ballycastle in the early 1910s to establish the pharmacy practice that would eventually be taken over by Aidan's father, also James, and Aunt Eileen in the 1940s. Aidan also volunteers with Ballycastle Museum.
Professor Roisin O'Hare is a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society NI and an accomplished hospital pharmacist and pharmacy educator. She has a doctorate in, and is an honorary professor of pharmacy practice and the NI Lead Clinical Educational Pharmacist. In the past she has written for the British Society for the History of Pharmacy and she prepared an excellent presentation on the history of pharmacy in Britain and Ireland for our official celebration on 18th November 2025. Like Aidan, Roisin grew up as the child of a community pharmacist, her father Tony, who ran a pharmacy in the village of Forkhill near Newry. Her pharmacy accomplishments are too numerous to list, including setting up and leading a team that designed, developed and delivered experiential learning in hospital pharmacy for M-Pharm undergraduates, as well as becoming president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists and steering them through the COVID pandemic.
Aidan and Roisin got together at our offices in October 2025 to share their personal pharmacy stories with each other, as well as to combine their meticulous research into the history of modern pharmacy.
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]]>A community pharmacist at heart, the son of two pharmacists, his leadership has shaped the profession well beyond the dispensary.
He served as President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland from 2006 to 2009, before going on to lead the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association from 2011 to 2017, helping to reshape and modernise the organisation during his tenure.
His influence has also extended to Europe, where he was appointed by the European Commission to the European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee, a role he held for nearly six years, contributing to medicine safety at the highest level.
From advancing community pharmacy to championing professional regulation across the Commonwealth, Raymond's legacy is one of advocacy, innovation and unwavering commitment to patient care.
In the summer of 2025, he sat down with current President of the Society, Dr Geraldine O'Hare, bringing together past and present leadership for a conversation about where pharmacy has been and where it's going next.
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]]>A community pharmacist at heart, the son of two pharmacists, his leadership has shaped the profession well beyond the dispensary.
He served as President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland from 2006 to 2009, before going on to lead the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association from 2011 to 2017, helping to reshape and modernise the organisation during his tenure.
His influence has also extended to Europe, where he was appointed by the European Commission to the European Medicines Agency's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee, a role he held for nearly six years, contributing to medicine safety at the highest level.
From advancing community pharmacy to championing professional regulation across the Commonwealth, Raymond's legacy is one of advocacy, innovation and unwavering commitment to patient care.
In the summer of 2025, he sat down with current President of the Society, Dr Geraldine O'Hare, bringing together past and present leadership for a conversation about where pharmacy has been and where it's going next.
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]]>Together they reflect on the student and trainee experience, and discuss the opportunities for career and personal development during initial education and training.
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]]>Together they reflect on the student and trainee experience, and discuss the opportunities for career and personal development during initial education and training.
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]]>Having enjoyed a number of key roles within the wider pharmacy arena - including Central Services Agency, Regional Renal Unit and Clinical Fellow NI Kidney Research Fund - he was central to the establishment of, and was the first to head up, the Department of Health’s Medicines Regulatory Group (MRG).
Since 2018 he has been Head of Regulatory Affairs at Community Pharmacy NI.
Mike sat down with his old friend and colleague, our CEO Canice Ward, to discuss his varied career, and in particular the amazing and inspiring pharmacists he has met and worked with along the way.
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]]>Having enjoyed a number of key roles within the wider pharmacy arena - including Central Services Agency, Regional Renal Unit and Clinical Fellow NI Kidney Research Fund - he was central to the establishment of, and was the first to head up, the Department of Health’s Medicines Regulatory Group (MRG).
Since 2018 he has been Head of Regulatory Affairs at Community Pharmacy NI.
Mike sat down with his old friend and colleague, our CEO Canice Ward, to discuss his varied career, and in particular the amazing and inspiring pharmacists he has met and worked with along the way.
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]]>Cathy began her pharmacy career journey in the 80s, spending most of the 90s working in community pharmacy before moving into the public sector.
She took over as Chief Pharmaceutical Officer in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cathy and Geraldine discuss her varied career, including her first brush with a pandemic in the 00s, as well as her participation in our International Women's Day event in March 2025.
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]]>Cathy began her pharmacy career journey in the 80s, spending most of the 90s working in community pharmacy before moving into the public sector.
She took over as Chief Pharmaceutical Officer in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cathy and Geraldine discuss her varied career, including her first brush with a pandemic in the 00s, as well as her participation in our International Women's Day event in March 2025.
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]]>Tom qualified as a pharmacist in 1951, and served the early part of his career in the community sector. He took over as President of the Pharmaceutical Society NI in 1975, the year of our 50th anniversary.
After his tenure in this role he proceeded to develop world-renowned innovations in the treatment of ostomy patients, leading to the founding of Eakin Healthcare.
Tom and Geraldine discussed changes in education and training since the 1940s; what the profession was like 50 years ago; and Tom's advice for anyone starting in the profession today.
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]]>Tom qualified as a pharmacist in 1951, and served the early part of his career in the community sector. He took over as President of the Pharmaceutical Society NI in 1975, the year of our 50th anniversary.
After his tenure in this role he proceeded to develop world-renowned innovations in the treatment of ostomy patients, leading to the founding of Eakin Healthcare.
Tom and Geraldine discussed changes in education and training since the 1940s; what the profession was like 50 years ago; and Tom's advice for anyone starting in the profession today.
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